Autographic register.



C. F. CROWDER.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5.1914.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATlON mzo nun s. 1914.

1,161,456. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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CHARLES F. CHOWDER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

AUTOGBAPHIG REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed July 6, 1814. Serial No. 849,053.

T all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Crraams F. Cnownnn, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Autographie Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in autographic registers and the object of my improvement is to rovide an autographic register that shall e adapted to make a carbon copy, upon each of two strips of paper, of a bill of sale or other writing that is made upon successive sections of another strip of pa er, and thereupon roll one or both of sucli two strips to ether upon one and the same roller, from w ich roller, when it is completely filled, the said two strips, in the form of a single roll, maybe removed and stored as a record, while each of the successive sections of said other strip of paper, upon which is the original written matter, may be torn off successlvelv, each of the same length, as a separate ocument; and a further object of my improvement is to rovide such an autographic register that shal be simple in its plan of construction and be reliable and etiicient in its operation.

I accom lish these objects by devices illustrated in t e accompanying drawings where- Figure 1 is a plan view of an auto aphic register embodying my invention; {ig. 2 is a view of the same in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a view in vertical cross-section of the same on broken line m, w of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a view of the same m vertical section on broken line w. w of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of details of the same on broken line 1 y of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a view in lonitudinal mid-section of details of the same Fig. 7 is a view in elevation of a detail of' the same; Fi 8 is a view in perspective of a detail of tiie same: Fig. 9 IS a cross-sectional view of another detail of thesame' Fig. 10 shows parts of the same in vertical section; Fig. 11 illustratesfother arts of the same by view partly'inend' e ovation and partly in cross-section and Fig. 12 is a view of such otherparts in vertical section on broken line 2, z of said Fig.11.".

Like reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the drawings. 'lteferring to Fig. 4, wherein is indicated 14, a rear end wall 15; a front end wall 16 which is hinged at its bottom ed e portion to the front end of the bottom ate 14 by hinges, like hinges 17 whereby it may swing outwardly and downwardly from the closed position, its top edge portion being provided with a lock 18 whose bolt 19 may engage with a catch 20 carried by a covering plate 24 hereinafter described in response to the turning of a key 21 to lock said front end wall 16 in its closed position; top covering plates 22, 23 and 24; the covering plate 24 being provided with glass window 25 to permit one to look downwardly into the interior of such inclosing case, while the covering plate 22 is hinged at its front end by pivot screw 26 (as more clearly shown in ig. 2) whereby its rear end may be raised to gain access to the interior ofthe rear end of such inclosing case, and the covering plate 23 is fixed to serve as a platen to support paper to be written upon; and side lllll8S)2l and 28 (as seen more clearly in l 3 'l he inner sides of the side plates 27 and 28 are provided with oppositely disposed and downwardly projecting rib edged grooves 29, 30 and 31, respectively, the lower end of each of which terminates in an arc of a circle to form a shaft bearing for shafts 32, 33 and 34, respectively, upon which shafts 32, 33 and 34 are mounted rollers 35, 36 and 37 respectively.

Fig. 10 illustrates the plan of construction and the manner of removably mounting the rollers 35, 36 and 37 in which Fig. 10 is a roller, as roller 35, mounted upon a two part shaft 32 one part of which is concentrically fixed within one end of the roller while its other part is slidably and concentrically disposed in the other end thereof to be movable lengthwise, said roller 35 bein provided with a hubbed end plate 38 whicii is fastened by screws to the end surface of the roller 35 through which end plate 38 themovable part of the shaft 32 extends to project its extreme outer end portion against the beveled edge of a hole 39 in the side plate 27.

On the movable portion of the shaft 32 adjacent to the inner side of the end plate 38 is fixed a collar 43 to limit the outward thrust of such movable part of shaft 32 outer surface of the hub of the end plate 38 is disposed a helical compression spring while on sueh'movable part adjacent to the 3 which is'confined by a washer lland'a'pin 42 and by the action of such s ring 40 between the washer tland'thehu of'the' end plate 38 the movable portion of the shaft 32 is normally maintained with its-eoller 43 against the inner surface of the end plate 38. The outer end of the-fixed portion'of'the shaft 32 projecting from the roller 35 extends within the beveled edges of a holee l in the late 28.

The iole 39 in plate 27 and the'hole M in plate 28 bein each disposed concentrically with the circle which terminates the lower end of the respective one of rib edged grooves 29, the top portion of such grooves 29 at the top edges of the plate 27 and 28, respectively are beveled outwardly whereby the ends of the shaft 32 may engage with such beveled )ortions in the operation of lacing the roller 35 in its normal position in its bearings such en agement compressing the spring 40 and orcing the movable portion of the shaft 32 inwardly while the roller'35 is being moved downwardly to its normal position whereupon, when it reaches such .position, the compression spring 40 acts in an obvious manner to force the opposite ends of the shaft 32 against the beveled portions of their. respective holes 89 and 44. i

To remove the roller 35 from the inclosiag case it is only necessary to lift the roller 35 upwardly, the beveled ends of the shaft-32 coacting with the beveled.portionsof'the holes 39 and 44, in a cam-like manner forces the movable portion of the shaft 32 inwardly against the pressure of thespring 40 to permit the extraction of the roller 35 in an obvious manner.

Projecting outwardly from the outer side of the upper portion of the sidewall 28 and extending along the side of one edge of the covering plate .23 is areceptaele adapted to contain a plurality of strips of carbon paper rolled together in a single roll, as the roll 45.

of two strips ofcarbon paper 46 and 47, as indicated in the enlarged view shown in Fig. 5, such roll 45 of carbon paper is frictionally held in its: position by a hinged'fiap 43in response to the action of the. projecting end portion of a helical spring 49 wherebythe.

strips 46 and 47 of carbon paper when pulled may unroll such strips from the roll 45. Upon'the rollers 35,-36 and 37 are disposed rolls 50, 51 and 52 of record. papen-uponthe paper of roll 50 of which 'inay be printedva series of blank ,forms to be ffilled. out in manuscript, as, for instance, ablaakforni-of a .cash sale of floods.

The record paper of rolls 51'and 52 may each "also, if desired, have a, likeyseriesbf forms coveringlike spaces as arecoyeredby ;th"eprinted "forms ..on the record paper: of

roll 50..- Disposedgben'eath the rolls-of paper sog'aaa 51 are hingd frietionflapsiwandx54.

"freely.

-which are adapted to maintain a pressure against the underside of the rolls of paper 50 and 51,respe'ctively, by means of the projecting ends 55 and 56 of a spiral spring to keep suclrrolls of paper from unwinding too A like friction flap 57 actuated by a like spiral spring 58 engages with the underside of the roll of paper 52 for a like purpose. It is to be understood that these flaps are held in position by the weight of the rollers andthe aper thereon.

\Vhen the rollers 35, 36 and '37, or any of them,-are taken out, as for the purpose of putting one new roll of paper, the friction flaps 53, 54 and 57 are limited in their upward movement by'the heads of limit screws 58, 59 and 60, respectively.

, \Vithin the interior of the front portion of the inclosing case, as shown in Fig. 4, is disposed in suitable'bearings a shaft '61 upon which is mounted fast a roller 62, fragments of which are more clearly illustrated in Fig. (3 wherein it is'seen that such=roller 62 is provided with a friction spring 63 made of sheet metal of the form shown in Fig. 7 which friction spring 63 is secured ina coneentricpositionon the end surface of the roller 6 2 to press-against the side surface of agear-wheel 64 to force such gear-wheel 64: against a collar 65 which is provided on shaft: 61 at a point near its end. whereby saidgear-wheel 64 may becaused to rotate freely aboutthe shaft Glexcept for the resistance due to the spring (SBwhen the roller 62 is retarded ormaintained stationary.

Therollcr 62 is provided with-a longitudinal slot 66 within which theend edges of strips of record paper may be inserted to be secured by theinturned edges 67 of sheet metal rolled intotheform of a tube 68, as most clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9, which tube 68 is thrust-freely onto the roller 62 to surround it and upon which tube ilS SlICll SttlPS Of paper may be rolled by force of the friction spring 63 in response to a rotation of the gear-wheel 64. 1

The'ends of-theshaft ()1 are seated in semicircular bearings formed at the junction of two ribs 69 and'TO whichproject both from the inner side of each of theside plates 7 27 an d. 28=the -lower ribs 70 serving as a gu de in-the operation of inserting the roller 62 into its-normalposition with ends of its shaft (SI-in their semicircular seats and-the shaft 61 maintained -:i-n itsseats bythe cndspitwo leversfil, one on'each of the side plates 27 and- 28, which tare 'fulcrumed by piyot screws 72 '-near their central -points, such levers'il being rnaintained in theirnormal positions to lock-the shaft 61 in its normal position by, means-of helical compression springs-73athe outer ends of the devers 71 which prQ ectthrough the: frontwall lG be- II IfIdQPHQSBd to remove theshaft'GL-with its roller 62 the upwardmovement of the outer ill ends of the lovers 71 being limited by the upper ribs 69.

To cause strips of paper to roll more smoothly on to the tube 68 a friction flap 71 is pivotally mounted on a rod 75 in a position to bear on the rear side of the paper being rolled in response to the action of the ends of a helical spring 76; the backward movement of such friction fiap 74 being limited by a rearwardly extended projection 77.

Disposed opposite to each other one on each side of the side walls 27 and 28 within the inclosing case are two suitably guided and vertically slidable shaft supporting members 78 between the top end portions of which extends a roller 79 that is pivotally mounted in bearings in said members 78 thus to adapt said roller 79 to be raised and lowered.

The bottom end surfaces of the members 78 rest upon an eccentric shaft 80 which may be actuated by manipulating an arm 81 to raise said members 78 or to permit them to be lowered in response to the action of tension springs 82, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

Directly below the pivots of roller 79 the members 78 are provided with slotted openings through which may freely extend the end portions of the shaft of a roller 83 which is pivoted in the walls 27 and 28 whereby the peri hery of the roller 83 normally may limit t to downward movement of the roller-79 in response to the action of the springs 82 thus to engage with and press together a plurality of strips of record paper to move such paper in res )onse to a rotation of said rollers 79 and 83 which are associated with each other by means of gear-wheels 8t and 85, respectively, which are provided on the like ends of said rollers 79 and 83 and to insert strips of record paper between said rollers 79 and 83 it is only necessary to manipulato the arm 81 to rotate the eccentric shaft 80 to raise the members 78 to lift the roller 79 suiiiciontly high to admit such paper whereupon the eccentric shaft 80 is turned to let the roller 79 fall to rest on such a er to press against the periphery of the rol er 83, in an obvious manner.

The gear-wheel 85 on the end of roller 83 is adapted to be rotated by a ear-wheel 86 which is pivoted by a shou dered pivot screw 87 which is screwed into the inner side of the side 27.

internally grooved rim of a hubbed disk 92 which is pinned to said projecting end portion of shaft 89 and within the space between adjacent teeth of said ratchet 91 are disposed rollers 93 which may en age with the rim of said disk 92 and witi the inclined surfaces of said teeth of said ratchet 91 whereby when said gear-wheel 90 is rotated to rotate the ratchet wheel 91 in one direction such rollers 93 may act, in an obvious manner, to rotate the disk 92 but when such gear-wheel 90 is rotated in an opposite direction the disk 93 remains stationary. Figs. 11 and 12, by enlarged views, more clearly show the construction of the relation between the parts comprising the shaft 89, gear-wheel 90, ratchet wheel 91, disk 92 and rollers 93.

Rotary motion may be communicated from the driving shaft 89 to the gear-wheel (34 by the means of an idler gear-wheel 9i which meshes with both of the gear-wheels S8 and 6* and which is pivotally secured to the inner side of the side plate 27, as more clearly shown in Fig. *1.

As shown in Fig. '2, the gear-wheel 90 is adapted to be rotated by a pivoted segment 95 of a gear-wheel with which it meshes, said segment 95 being provided with an arm 99 w iich may be manipulated to swing said segment 95 on its pivot, and when such arm 95 is swung toward the right hand, from the position in Fig. 2, throughout the extent of the peripheral distance of such segment 95 then the rollers 93 will serve to lock the ratchet 91 with the rim of the disk 92 to rotate said disk 92 and the shaft 89 upon which it is mounted, but when said arm 96 is released a spiral spring 97, associated with said arm 96 and the pivot of the segment 95, will serve to move said segment 95 back to its normal position without rotating the shaft 89 and the disk 92 mounted thereon, thus it is possible upon each manipulation of the arm 96, when it is moved throughout the distance which it may travel, to cause the se ment 95 in its movement to actuate the rofiers 79 and 83 to move any record paper between them always the same distance for each of such manipulations of said arm 96.

To operate the structure thus described, each of the rollers 36 and 37 is provided with a roll of record paper, as rolls 50, 51 and 52, respectively, whereupon the record paper of roll 52 is extended to pass around the rear side of an idler roller 98, thence in a forward direction to lay upon the top of the covering plate 23 which serves as a platen, thence over the periphery of roller 83, thence obliquely downward to connect with the roller 62 and the tube 68, mounted thereon, whereu )on one of the strips of carbon paper as he carbon paper 47 of the roll of car on paper 45, is extended to lay across such record paper of roll 52 thereupon thetrecordpaper of roll 51' is likewise disposed around-the idler roller-98 and extended across such carbon paper 47 thence overithe roller 83, thence withthe record paper 52 attached to the ro1ler'62 and-the tube 68 and thereupon another carbon paper, as carbon paper 46 of roll 45 is extended across the record paper of such roll 51, as shown more clearly in Fig. 5, and thereupon the record paper of'roll 50 is extended over idler roller 99, thence over'the. carbon paper 46 to .lay thereon, thence extended over roller 83 to a position where the printed form of such record'paper-E0 may register with the surface of the covering plate 23 andthereuponthe-arm 81 is moved'to turn eccentric shaft 80 to a position to permit the springs 82- to pull downwardly the roller 79 to press the-record papers of rolls 50, 51 and 52 against the roller 83 whereby such rollers 79 and 83 may act reliablyto move such record papers when such rolls 79 and 83 are rotated, such rolls 79 and 83 preferably having their surfacesof their peripheries roughened. The covering-plate 22 is then swung down into its position to expose through its opening, as shown in Fig. 1,

only the extent of the printed form on therecordpaperof the roll 50 to be written upon, and then when such forms as'filled out in manuscript the lever 96 maybe swung its full distance from its normalposition, whereupon the-ratchet wheel 91vwill revolve without carrying with it the shaft 89, then such arm is released to permit the segment 95 to return to its normal position and in its travel the'ratchet wheel 91,- being moved in anoppositedirection, will act through the rollers 93' to revolve-said shaft 89 with the result-thatthe'rollers 79 and 83 will revolve to move allthree of the record papers exactly the required distance to present a new printed form while, at thesametime, the record papers of rolls 51 and 52, containing carbon'irnprints of the manuscri t on the'top' record paper of roll 50, will he rolled'on'to the tube 67 while the record paper of the roll 50 is projected outwardly above the glass window 25 and the printed form with its manuscript may be torn off to be given to a purchaser of goods or otherwise disposed of. Thus for each manipulation of the arm 96 a new printed form may be-presented'in the exact position required for it to be properly filled out in'manuscript, while a record of such manuscript will be transferred in carbon copy on each wall 16 and pressing upon the lever 71 to release the shaft 61 from its bearings, whereupon such 'tube 68 with the paper thereon -may be readily removed from'the roller 62 and then such tube 68 by reason of its springy nature may be extracted readilv from within such roll of papers and such roll of papers may be filed away for future reference.

The tube 68 and the form of the roller 62, with which it is associated, is an important feature of my invention since it provides means for quickly and easily removing the roll of papers wound thereon, another important feature of my invention is the combination of the segment 95, the arm 96, the shaft 89, the gear-wheel 90, the ratchet wheel 91 and the disk 92, whereby the record paper may be moved always a uniform distance always to present the printed form on the record paper in its proper position to fill out in manuscript.

Obviously changes may be made in the form and'dimensions of the various parts of my autographic register without departin from the spirit of my invention.

Vhat-I claim is:

'In an autographicregister, a casing provided with a door, ribs on the sides of said casing extending inwardly over the door and provided at their inner ends with substantially semi-circular bearing-seats, a paper receivin roller provided with journaled ends remova 1y fitting said seats, levers pivoted to the sides of the casing above the ribs and provided with ends adapted for engagement with the journals of the roll and springs normally holding the journalengaging ends of said levers against the journals.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 26th day of June, A. D. 1914.

CHARLES F. CROWDER.

Witnesses:

F. C. MATHENY,

O. JOHNSON.

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